Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-02-13

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 13
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
568 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 554▲ 15 vs year ago 553 · +2.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 150▼ 18 vs year ago 145 · −12.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 99▼ 34 vs year ago 109 · −31.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $292.33/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$292.33
58 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,216
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$27.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2388301.121,16917thin
Medium and Large 1420299.621,25724
Medium and Large 3439273.251,20017thin
One grade step is worth $27.87/cwt here — about −$31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale58 hd
292.33
—
FL average7 barns · 508 hd
288.47
+3.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,558123.191,92016
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,169104.981,22716
CowsLean 85-90%Low84383.437032thin

Every lot

44 lots · USDA AMS · Sumter County Livestock Auction - Webster, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2275441.89/cwt440.00–445.001,2155
Steers—Medium and Large 3420344.96/cwt342.00–348.001,4492
Steers—Medium and Large 1430372.53/cwt370.00–375.001,6022
Steers—Medium and Large 1473348.98/cwt348.00–350.001,6514
Steers—Medium and Large 3478318.24/cwt315.00–325.001,5213
Steers—Medium and Large 1530299.91/cwt295.00–305.001,5902
Steers—Medium and Large 1588282.94/cwt278.00–288.001,6642
Steers—Medium and Large 1663244.98/cwt240.00–250.001,6242
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275351.61/cwt350.00–355.009673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325311.62/cwt310.00–315.001,0133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328330.87/cwt330.00–335.001,0856
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328326.14/cwt320.00–328.001,0708
Heifers—Medium and Large 3369297.58/cwt295.00–305.001,0984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380322.47/cwt320.00–325.001,2254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419284.35/cwt282.00–288.001,1915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422272.75/cwt270.00–278.001,1513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423293.97/cwt290.00–296.001,2433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470272.06/cwt270.00–278.001,2794
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476263.16/cwt260.00–268.001,2535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1544253.49/cwt252.00–258.001,3794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578241.27/cwt240.00–245.001,3954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3683193.01/cwt190.00–196.001,3182
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3230444.89/cwt440.00–450.001,0232
Bulls—Medium and Large 3267428.25/cwt425.00–430.001,1433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373392.55/cwt390.00–395.001,4642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373372.58/cwt370.00–375.001,3906
Bulls—Medium and Large 3382363.06/cwt360.00–365.001,3875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418356.53/cwt355.00–358.001,4902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423364.91/cwt360.00–370.001,5444
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427343.11/cwt340.00–348.001,4655
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523276.62/cwt270.00–280.001,4473
Bulls—Medium and Large 3524262.04/cwt260.00–268.001,3734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568272.02/cwt270.00–276.001,5453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575260.62/cwt258.00–262.001,4993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643241.00/cwt240.00–242.001,5502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,468122.01/cwt119.00–129.001,7918
Bulls——1,604115.37/cwt112.00–118.001,8514
Bulls——1,693133.36/cwt130.00–138.002,2584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84383.43/cwt80.00–87.007032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,081104.75/cwt100.00–109.001,1324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17195.77/cwt92.00–99.001,1216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225114.33/cwt110.00–119.001,4016
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2753146.78/cwt142.00–152.001,1052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,043132.84/cwt128.00–138.001,3862

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.